Re: [License-discuss] US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

Is that the correct interpretation of the Berne convention? The convention assigns copyright to foreigners of a signatory state with at least as strong protection as own nationals. Since US government does not attract copyright I am unsure if they can attract copyright in other jurisdictions.

Re: [License-discuss] US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

Cem Karan wrote: > Most of our researchers work for the US Federal Government and under US > copyright law any works they produce during the course of their duties do not > have copyright attached, so we have to rely on contract law as a protection > mechanism within the USA. I don't

Re: [License-discuss] US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 11:01 PM, Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US) wrote: > Hi, my name is Cem Karan. I work for the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) in > Adelphi, MD. I'm in charge of defining the Open Source policy for ARL. As a > part of this, we need a

Re: [License-discuss] US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

On 22/07/16 22:01, Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US) wrote: > Unfortunately, we cannot directly use the Apache 2 license for all of our > code. Most of our researchers work for the US Federal Government and under US > copyright law any works they produce during the course of their duties do